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Travel

Soho? So Over

New York won't stand still for a minute. Oscar Humphries offers a personal guide to the Big Apple.

Who's Zu?

Nobody does good old-fashioned Continental aristo-toffery like the Germans, says Anne McElvoy

She Bangs

Two things tell you all you need to know about a nation: its women and its shooting parties, says Alessandro Tome.

The Huns They Are A-Changin'

Forget the silly hates, sausages and other old stereotypes - Germans are actually quite agreeable human beings, says Anthony Haden-Guest

Swiss Arty Life

For a small country, Switzerland punches above its weight in the art arena. Anthony Haden-Guest on the Helvetican hard-hitters.

Low Stress On The High Seas

Personal safety is now a high priority for all travellers, but it is no longer the international businessman who makes risk assessments when planning to fly abroad or stay in an unfamiliar hotel.

Seductive Charmer

Despite introducing a hip young DJ, the siren song of Le Sirenuse is still as spellbinding as ever.

When In Rome

Rome is one of my favourite cities in the world.

Lord Chesterfield's Legacy

With its robust hunting culture, there is a corner or Italy that is forever Leicestershire, says Christopher Silvester

Positano Delicious

William Cash travels to the Amalfi Coast and learns why one local limoncello is a clear winner

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A Very English Revolution

“...The battle over the government’s planning reforms was a very English Revolution.”

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Books

Spear's/Amazon Bookstore

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Spear's Book Awards 2012: Nominate here

The fourth Spear’s Book Awards, celebrating the very best writing talent and British books of the year — from finance to fiction — will take place in late June at a glamorous literary lunch in central London

Ashenden Found: On the Trail of a Missing Somerset Maugham Book

Nigel West

Nigel West dons his dark glasses and fedora and heads to the Hotel d'Angleterre in Geneva, where Somerset Maugham stayed as a spy in the First World War. Has Maugham's destroyed book been found?